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When my heart begins
to fear, He is my Light.
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I can smile for He
is near, Jesus my Light.
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When I'm blue and
feeling sad, He is my Light
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He reminds me I can
be glad, Jesus my Light.
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He is the Light,
yes, Jesus my Light.
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In Him is no
darkness, In Him is no night.
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Wherever He leads me,
He makes my way bright.
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I'll shine for
Jesus, Jesus my Light.
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Here comes Aunt Francine.
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Hi kids. I'm so excited to see
you, give me high five. Woooo.
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Where's my hands. Yay!
I'm so glad to see you and I
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know Ginger's glad to see you
too. I'm so glad you're here but
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we've got to welcome our kids at
home. I'm Aunt Francine and this
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is little Ginger. We're so
delighted that you're joining us
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for today's special program with
Jesus my Light and we are going
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to talk about Jesus and how He
accepted His calling. You know
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Jesus calls us for special jobs
to do and He wants you to live
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for Him. When you do what He
wants you to do we can know that
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we have a promise that we've
been redeemed by His love. Which
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reminds me of a song, I've Been
Redeemed. Would you help us with
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Ohhh, are you ready for
a Bible story? Yeah! Yes!
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Have you ever wondered what
plans God has for your life?
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I have. Sometimes we need to
pray about it. But you know what
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God already knew what you were
going to be and how do we know
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God's will? Sometimes we have
to pray about it, right? And be
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filled with the Holy Spirit. You
know it reminds me how Jesus was
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30 years old and He was filled
with the Holy Spirit and I can
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just imagine Jesus telling Mary,
I think His father was already
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dead, passed away, but I think
Mary said, Oh Jesus do you have
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to go now? But when Jesus was
30 years old He was filled with
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that Holy Spirit and He wanted
to know God's will. And I'm sure
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He prayed often and said,
All right, Lord, I want to put
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everything in order. So He
organized the carpenter shop
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and He wanted to
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do everything He could to help
God and His mother. And so He
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put everything in order and then
He went to the Jordan River. Now
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what's interesting is that
Jesus was 30 years old and it's
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because possibly, we don't know,
but that is when a rabbi would
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be a teacher of the law.
Hmm. And so maybe God waited and
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Jesus had to be cultured in his
character and then when He was
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30 years old was going to be
a teacher of the law, right? And
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so He was led there to the
Jordan River and at the Jordan
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River there is His cousin. Who
was His cousin? Do you remember
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who that is?
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John the Baptist.
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John the Baptist. And so John
the Baptist is like, the one
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who comes after me I'm not even
fit to tie his shoes. Aah, can
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you imagine that? He was
preparing the way for, who?
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Jesus. You're right. I wish I
could see what that would have
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been like. Would you like to
see Bible pictures? Yeah I would
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like to imagine what that would
have been like. Let's see if I
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can open this up and find, uh,
oh, look at John the Baptist.
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Does he look that handsome?
No. No, he was pretty gruff with
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rough hair and what did he have?
His clothing? Do you remember?
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Camel's hair and he had leather
belt, right? And you know what
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he ate? He ate honey and locusts
Euw yuck. I don't know if I
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would want to eat locusts but
he had a simple life because his
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job, he knew his mission. Do
you know your mission? And Jesus
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knew His mission too and so He
was there. So when Jesus comes
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up what happened? Do you know
the story well? What happened in
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the story?
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He got baptized.
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He did get baptized and so Jesus
is coming to the water and John
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the Baptist says no, no, no, no
I'm not supposed to baptize you.
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Because he recognized his cousin
Jesus, right? And he said no, no
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no and Jesus said, Let it be so,
right? He wanted to be baptized.
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Now did Jesus sin? No! He didn't
sin so why would Jesus want to
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be baptized? Have
you thought of that?
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To set an example.
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As an example. You are right.
He wanted to tell God, I am
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completely yours, I am ready to
do your will Lord. And He wanted
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to dedicate His life and He
was ready to begin His ministry.
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Look, the Lamb of God who
takes away the sin of the world.
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This is the man I was talking
about when I said there will be
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one who is coming after me
who is greater because He was
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alive even before I was born.
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Why do you come to me to be
baptized? I should be baptized
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by you.
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Let it be this way now. We will
both do whatever the Lord says.
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I baptize you in
the name of El Shaddai.
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You know sometimes we are in
such a hurry to grow up. Do you
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know that? Do you ever say, I
wish I could do what so and so
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can that's older than you.
Oh that's just not fair. But you
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what? In God's timing you will
grow up to be exactly what God
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wants you to be. All you have to
do is live for Him. Aren't you
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happy about that? Yeah.
You're right. So you know it's
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important. Let me see. I wanted
to talk to you about something
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special about baptism. Have
any of you any friends that have
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been baptized? Yeah.
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I have been baptized.
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You've been baptized. That's
very special and that's a very
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special day. So when
you were being baptized,
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did you decide that on
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your own? No? Who did
you talk to about that?
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My parents.
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Your parents and maybe your
pastor. Right? And sometimes we
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want to know as much as we can
about God's word and what He has
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for your life. Do you know His
plans for your life? Do you know
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studies have been made that the
sooner you decide what you want
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to be, even if you change what
you're going to do in life, you
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have a better chance of success.
So even if you say, Oh I want to
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be a veterinarian when I'm three
years old and you change it and
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you become a lawyer, that's okay
but the sooner you decide what
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you want to be when you get
older, the more goal-oriented
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you will be. Did you know that?
How many of you have thought
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about what you want to be?
Do you know what you want to be
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today? When you get older. Yeah.
And if it might change, that's
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okay. But see this is what God
is leading you to do. The more
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you do about God's work. He's
guiding you and directing you
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in finding His will.
How do we know God's will?
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By praying.
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By praying. What else can we do?
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By reading His Bible.
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By reading the Bible. I hope
we take time to read the Bible.
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You know there's so many things
that God puts in our path and
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opportunities that we can learn
from Jesus. You know. I don't
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know but, what came down, how
did God speak to the people that
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were there at the Jordan River
seeing Jesus baptized? A dove.
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A dove. We say the Spirit like
a dove. And it said, This is my
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beloved Son in whom I am well
pleased. I want Jesus to say He
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is so well pleased with the work
He's asked me to do. Do you know
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here's a picture of a dove. You
want to come and see, come close
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so you can see the picture.
Here's a dove and do you know
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doves breathe like a dog, they
kind of pant, ha, ha, ha, and
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what's also interesting is that
they don't drink like most birds
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where the drink from water and
the drink for example and then
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go up. But doves they actually
have like a straw and they whew
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suck it up. Did you know that?
No!. I'm so glad that God talks
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about the dove and we think
about the Holy Spirit when we're
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thinking of a dove. Don't you
think so? Yeah! You know, how do
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we know steps to do God's will?
We want to make sure we study
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the Bible, we talked about that.
And pray and what else can we
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do? Set goals. Every day.
It's important to set goals even
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every day. Like today I want to
get this done, Lord, but before
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I even do that even before you
get out of your bed what should
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we be doing. Praying. Praying.
Say, Lord, what would you have
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me do today? Because I want to
be about your business. I want
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to do your will in everything
that I do. And you're right. We
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want to be successful. Daily ask
God to live for us. So are you
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ready for some questions? Yeah!
Yes. All right, here we go.
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I've got to look at my notes
here. Okay, don't say the answer
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yet. We're going to do sign
language. You know A, do it with
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me, B and C. So here it is. How
old was Jesus when He began His
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ministry? Was it A - 20 years
old; B - 30 years old; or C - 40
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years old? How old was Jesus?
B! B - You're right. Jesus was
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30 years old. Now, who baptized
Jesus? Was it A - Job; B - John
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the Baptist; or C - Moses? B!
B - You're right again. John the
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Baptist. I can't get anything
past you folks and I'm sure you
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at home, you know all these
answers as well. Why was Jesus
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baptized? Was it A - To be an
example; B - Because Jesus had
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sinned; or C - To see John the
Baptist? A! A - You're right, to
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be an example and to begin His
new life. Wow! I want to begin a
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new life even every day. I have
to sometimes say Lord not my
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will but your will be done. And
don't be in such a hurry to be
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baptized. I hope you do want to
be baptized and look forward to
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it, because that is going to
be a special day. And I know God
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would love you to give your
heart to Him because He loves
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you with the utmost love.
Doesn't He? Yeah! He wants you
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to just love Him and
just listen to His voice and
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have Him in your
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heart daily. Would you do that
for me? Yes. I hope we can just
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focus on Jesus. It is our prayer
that everyone of us, can we pray
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for Jesus to help you grow just
to be like Him? Can we do that
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real quick? Dear
heavenly Father, thank you
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so much that we can come to
you and that you can live in our
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hearts. Help us to know your
will because I know you have big
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plans for each of us to do your
will. Help us to shine for you.
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We love you Jesus.
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Thank you for being a part
of what we are doing because we
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want to shine for Jesus, don't
we. Yeah! So keep trying to find
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those goals every day at school.
Sometimes it's just practicing
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your spelling words or saying
your memory verse. Whatever it
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is make sure that you're setting
those goals and saying I'm going
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to do it. Until
next time, Bye, bye.
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